The brief was sacred-chauk central symmetry for a dev ritual subject — not a harvest band, not urban fusion, and absolutely not a tarpa dance ring smuggled in because marketplace Warli defaults to spirals. Dev chauk invokes protective spirits through a consecrated square painted on hut walls during ceremonies; chauk-central layout places that square as portrait hero with spirit figures at corners the way lagnacha chauk places marriage geometry at centre during weddings. What we refused: concentric tarpa spirals, farming horizontal bands as primary structure, perspective depth, and multicolor deity fills. What we kept legible: tick-mark square border, concentric diamond-star mandala interior, corner spirit figures with raised ritual branches, kneeling offering bearers with grain bowls and pots, smoke register above and flame register below the square. Light-mid density lets ochre breathe around the chauk — sacred enclosure needs air, not all-over pattern.